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UK file-swappers could face jail under new law

...had a deadline of 22 December last year to implement the European Copyright Directive of 2001 (known as EUCD), but delayed doing so several times... Read more

8 October, 2003 by Matthew Broersma

Government body says developing countries need open source

...such as the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act and the EU's Copyright Directive, which is due to be enforced in the national laws of... Read more

13 September, 2002 by Matt Loney

UK launches 'Euro-DMCA' debate

...Copyright Act (DMCA), following the publication of proposals to implement the EU Copyright Directive into UK Law. In the US, the DMCA has received widespread... Read more

12 August, 2002 by Matt Loney

Copyright directive 'will stifle EU competition

A proposed directive heading for the European Parliament next month could have disastrous consequences for consumers and smaller businesses, while benefiting large copyright holders, according to civil liberties groups Read more

5 August, 2003 by Munir Kotadia

Digital Rights Management - the European debate begins

...Rights Management Systems (DRMS). As the December deadline for implementation of the Copyright Directive draws closer, there are many holes which still need to be... Read more

18 April, 2002 by Elle Todd

Maplin drops copying devices

...Maplin said the move was a response to the controversial European Union Copyright Directive (EUCD), a far-reaching modification of European anti-piracy law implemented... Read more

9 February, 2004 by Matthew Broersma

Defending the world's freedoms

...refer to as paracopyright: the DMCA [Digital Millennium Copyright Act], the European Copyright Directive, [and] the reinforcement of the traditional principles of copyright law by... Read more

20 January, 2006 by Stephen Shankland

UK developer quits DVD decrypting

...under the Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 2003, which implemented the European Copyright Directive. "In the UK our current laws are similar to some provisions... Read more

6 June, 2005 by Matt Loney

Sony wins landmark case against mod chips

...East. Mr Justice Laddie ruled that Ball had violated the European Union Copyright Directive, which came into UK law in 2003. He further found that... Read more

22 July, 2004 by Graeme Wearden

A triumph of efficiency over democracy

...democracy here, too, as appeared to be the case with the EU Copyright Directive (EUCD) of 2001, implemented in UK law last year. This was... Read more

11 March, 2004 by Matthew Broersma

Anti-piracy directive could expose consumers

...to use this leeway, Brown noted. In an analysis of the EU Copyright Directive (EUCD) of 2001, for example, FIPR found that most countries were... Read more

10 March, 2004 by Matthew Broersma

'DMCA on steroids' heads for Euro Parliament

...to the way intellectual property is handled in the EU. A 2001 copyright directive, known as the EUCD, finally passed into UK law last October... Read more

19 February, 2004 by Matthew Broersma

Rupert Goodwins' Diary

...signal conditioners from sale and destroy them because they contravene the European Copyright Directive, EUCD. That outlaws things that only exist to circumvent copy protection... Read more

13 February, 2004 by Rupert Goodwins

Rupert Goodwins' Diary

...signal conditioners from sale and destroy them because they contravene the European Copyright Directive, EUCD. That outlaws things that only exist to circumvent copy protection... Read more

13 February, 2004

Europe's 'DMCA on steroids' gets go-ahead

...to the way intellectual property is handled in the EU. A 2001 copyright directive, known as the EUCD, finally passed into UK law last month... Read more

27 November, 2003 by Matthew Broersma

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